Services
Services offered by Gestalt Therapist Lesley McPherson include counselling, support and psychotherapy to individuals, groups and workplaces using the teachings of the Enneagram.
Lesley is a highly trained and experienced holistic counsellor and teacher of the Enneagram.
Through the services Lesley offers, you will find support and connection. She is a highly trained professional who can empower you with the knowledge and tools you need to move through life’s difficulties and navigate your way towards growth and fulfilment.
Here is a list of the services Lesley offers:
Managing life transitions
Whether chosen or imposed, life changes create disruption. They frequently can be roller coaster rides that make it challenging for us to make wise, sensible decisions in the middle of extraordinary upheaval. We are all novices when these events occur. As a Gestalt Therapist and counsellor, Lesley can support you to successfully navigate difficult life experiences and shift your perception of such challenges towards positive transformations.
Effective relationships
Relationships can be complex at the best of times. Lesley’s expertise as a Gestalt Therapist can support you in achieving effective, rewarding relationshipswithout compromising who you are as an individual.
Cancer Support
As a two times cancer survivor, Lesley has first-hand experience of what it means to battle and overcome this illness. The guidance and support she offers comes from both lived experience as well as her advanced training as a Gestalt Therapist and Counsellor.
Grief And Bereavement
The feeling of loss when a loved one dies can be profound. Whether grief is old or new, Lesley can be there for you, to support, to listen and guide you, providing you with a toolbox of techniques to find your way forward.
Depression And Anxiety
Depression is a debilitating mental health disorder affecting many Australians. Through her training and expertise as a Gestalt Therapist, Lesley can support you in exploring possibilities for building hope and connections for your future.
Anxiety and stress can be triggered for any number of reasons. Working with Lesley can help you explore the triggers surrounding areas of fear and and uncertainty in your life.
Workplace Crisis
Workplace conflict can affect your professional interpersonal relationships and impact your ability to work effectively. As a Gestalt Therapist, Lesley can help you understand the emotions that come into play in workplace conflict. She can guide and assist you in managing these situations with a greater sense of confidence and help you to shift the stressful working relationship to a more positive place.
Trauma Counselling
An individual’s experience of trauma can be recent or longheld. Both can be restrictive to living a fulfilled, well-rounded life. However, by working through the trauma with professional support, it is possible to begin the healing process and start your journey to a happier, healthier and more fulfilled state of being.
Enneagram Personality Profiling and Consultations
The Ennegream is one of the most powerful and insightful tools for understanding both ourselves and others. According to the Enneagram Insitute, “Enneagram can be seen as a set of nine distinct personality types, with each number on the Enneagram denoting one type. It is common to find a little of yourself in all nine of the types, although one of them should stand out as being closest to yourself. This is your basic personality type”.
An Enneagram personality test doesn’t put you in one distinct box like some personality systems do. Instead, it helps you to see your potential, to grow, expand, learn more about yourself and be the best you can.
Book an Enneagram Personality Profiling with Lesley McPherson to determine your Enneagram type and unravel which of the nine personality types relates to you and which of the others you also possess. Are you The Enthusiast? The Peacemaker? The Reformer? How can you maximise these traits to live the life you imagine?
Follow up with a one-on-one one session to deepen your understanding of your Enneagram personality profile and how you can use this knowledge to make positive changes in your life.
The words ‘whole’ and ‘holistic’ are often used to describe Gestalt Therapy and The Enneagram. The benefits of this type of therapy is that you will be encouraged to develop an understanding of your internal self and how this key to your actions, reactions and behaviours.
Lesley McPherson is a qualified and experienced Gestalt therapist.
What to expect in a session with Gestalt Therapist Lesley McPherson
Never been to a counselling session before? Here’s an idea of what to expect.
- Sessions last for one hour
- You will be asked to fill out basic form with information such as your contact details, local doctor, any medications you may be taking and your reason/s for making the appointment.
- Lesley will explain the private and strictly confidential nature of the session
- Lesley will help you feel at ease and answer any questions you might have
- You may be asked some questions to help Lesley better assess the issues and determine how she can best provide you support and guidance
- You talk and Lesley listens. Unlike some therapists, Lesley doesn’t take notes as this interferes with her giving you her full attention
- You can expect complete focus on what you are saying
- Lesley and you will work together to identify issues and implement strategies as to how to make progress towards personal growth and change
- You will be offered you a regular appointment time to help build and progress.
ZOOM and SKYPE Sessions Available
In times of Covid-19 Restrictions, and indeed at all times, I am available to conduct treatment sessions via Skype or Zoom. At all other times, if you are too ill to come to my rooms, we can consult in this manner, or I may be able to visit you at your home or hospital.